[Hackrf-dev] HackRF One won't power on and connect

Craig Warnol cwflhri at gmail.com
Wed Aug 29 08:45:51 EDT 2018


I have a HackRF One that will not power on and connect to PC. I get no 
LEDs illuminating when connecting to PC with or without the DFU button 
depressed. I've tested on several PCs and with different USB cables. I 
have another HackRF One that works perfectly with the same PC/cables.

I only have Linux boxes. Here's the dmesg logs from this morning.
Plugged in, no buttons pressed:
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:32 2018] usb 2-5.3: new low-speed USB device number 37 
using ehci-pci
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:32 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:32 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:33 2018] usb 2-5.3: new low-speed USB device number 38 
using ehci-pci
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:33 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:33 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:33 2018] usb 2-5-port3: attempt power cycle

Plugged in holding DFU button:
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:41 2018] usb 2-5.3: new low-speed USB device number 40 
using ehci-pci
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:41 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:41 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:41 2018] usb 2-5.3: new low-speed USB device number 41 
using ehci-pci
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:41 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:42 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:42 2018] usb 2-5-port3: attempt power cycle

Plugged in holding Reset button:
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:45 2018] usb 2-5.3: new low-speed USB device number 43 
using ehci-pci
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:45 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:45 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:45 2018] usb 2-5.3: new low-speed USB device number 44 
using ehci-pci
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:46 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:46 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:46 2018] usb 2-5-port3: attempt power cycle

Plugged in holding Reset and DFU button:
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:49 2018] usb 2-5.3: new low-speed USB device number 46 
using ehci-pci
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:49 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:50 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:50 2018] usb 2-5.3: new low-speed USB device number 47 
using ehci-pci
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:50 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:50 2018] usb 2-5.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Wed Aug 29 07:06:50 2018] usb 2-5-port3: attempt power cycle

Full Disclosure:
This unit was purchase from NooElec as a pre-order in June 2014. I 
purchased my second one as a used unit from a ham at the Huntsville 
Hamfest in 2016 after my original stopped working.
What brings this on now is a comment Michael made on  Git Hub about 
replace/repair any HackRF One. I did contact info at greatscottgadgets.com 
and was referred to post here for further troubleshooting.

Thanks
Craig



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